Background: A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. Thailand is currently facing armed violence in its three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces.
July 24th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Hello everyone i am very sorry for the lack of updates but i have just been really busy doing so much. Also my travel budget is reaching the red area and Internet is really expensive. Their is a massi ... [full story]
July 24th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Wow, what a great day. We had a speed boat tour of the 2 ko Phi Phi islands that were devasted by the Tsunami. It's beautiful and the reconstruction looks pretty nice. In one of the shops that we stop ... [full story]
July 21st 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi On Thursday and Friday it was Buddhist Lent, meaning no classes. Naturally, Sarah and I left school as early as possible on Wednesday night to have a long weekend in Phuket. We hopped on a flight an ... [full story]
July 16th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi The island we're on is properly called Ko Phi Phi Don. There's a smaller uninhabited island just south of here called Ko Phi Phi Leh. There's a bay there called Maya Bay, and this is where they filme ... [full story]
July 15th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Hi all, Anna Kate here.
So we are mid way through another beautiful day on Ko Phi Phi. I have to admit when we all arrived here yesterday after our beautiful resort stay at Raylay, we all kind of c ... [full story]
July 9th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Phi Phi was a nice change of pace from the more secluded places. It was more touristy, yet not really crowded at the same time. The majority of the people there were European, so the coffee shops, b ... 3 photos[full story]
July 14th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi We arrived in Ko Phi Phi this morning, just catching up on some errands.
We left our hostel in Krabi with everyone feeling pretty awful. Took a cab to Ao Nang, where we caught a longtail boat to Ra ... 27 photos[full story]
July 10th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Hello everybody!!
Sorry its been a while! We have now left samui been to Phuket and are in the lovely island of phi phi!
Have had some crazy times in the mean time!! Too many nights of drinking ... 18 photos[full story]
July 11th 2008Asia » Thailand » South » Ko Phi Phi Hey guys been really busy doing nothing in phiphi. This island is so beautiful, there are no cars on the island at all and everyone is really friendly. We have absolutely loved our hotel here it is re ... [full story]
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